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 106 STAT. 2436 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 Contracts. California. Hawaii. Reports. is awarded in sufficient time for the contractor to begin to provide health care in those States under the replacement or successor contract not later than August 1, 1993. (2) The Secretary shall use competitive procedures for awarding a replacement or successor contract under paragraph (1). (c) EVALUATION OF CHAMPUS REFORM INITIATIVE. —(1) Not later than June 1, 1994, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into a contract with a non-Federal entity under which the entity will perform an evaluation of the performance of the CHAMPUS reform mitiative in the States of California and Hawaii. The evaluation shall cover each of the fiscal years during which the initiative is carried out in those States under the replacement or successor contract referred to in subsection (b) and under the predecessor contracts. The evaluation shall include a comparison of the cost savings and claims experience resulting in each such fiscal year from carrying out the CHAMPUS reform initiative in those States. (2) Not later than one year after the date on which the contract for evaluation is entered into under paragraph (1), the non-Federal entity making the evaluation shall submit to the Secretary and to Congress a report on the results of the evaluation. (d) DEFINITIONS. — For purposes of this section: (1) The term "CHAMPUS" means the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services, as defined in p€u:a- graph (4) of section 1072 of title 10, United States Code. (2) The term "covered beneficiary^ has the meaning given that term in paragraph (5) of such section. (3) The term "CHAMPUS reform initiative" means the health care delivery project required by section 702 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Law 99-661; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note). (4) The term "catchment area management" means the methodology provided for demonstration in accordance with section 731 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-180; 10 U.S.C. 1092 note). SEC. 714. MANAGED HEALTH CARE NETWORK FOR TTOEWATER REGION OF VIRGINIA. (a) REAFFIRMATION OF COMMITMENT. — The delivery of health C€ure services by the Department of Defense to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in the Tidewater region of Virginia and to covered beneficiaries under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, residing in that region shall be made in the manner specified in section 712(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-190; 105 Stat. 1402). That section shall not be construed as being limited, modified, or superseded by any provision of law contained in an appropriation Act, whether enacted before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act, unless that provision of law— (1) specifically refers to that section and this section; and (2) states that the provision of law limits, modifies, or supersedes that section. (b) CONTENT OF NETWORK. — Section 712(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-190; 105 Stat. 1402) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

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